Fixing bikes: highs and lows

Cool. We're actually hoping not to go off road but it's best to be
prepared iyswim.

 

Saturday? I did that too.

And I fired mine up. And rode it.[1] I did about 60 miles and headed
for home when it started raining, as it *really* needs a new front
tyre, which as luck[2] would have it, is being fitted today.


[1] Paging ogden!
[2] Although not so much "luck" as "booked in for service, MOT & tyre"

 

Alex predicted that you might respond with words of one syllable.

 

Fitted, with silencers. Trouble is, they're a bit farty, so may need
undoing and doing up again.

I still reckon the TorqMonsters are going to make it sound like a
six-cylinder Harley-Davidson.

The old collector-box obviously quietened things down more than just a
bit, even if it was a bit more raucous then the OEM one.

There goes Saturday.

 

... and Sunday.

Anyway, they're on again, as are the panniers, sidepanels, exhaust
covers, etc.

Each side has a *tiny* leak where the TorqMonsters connect to the
exhaust headers, so I'm off to Halfords in the morning for some
exhaust jointing paste.

I also need a handful of those tiddly bulbs with no metal base, and
then all I need to do is get a new Michelin Hi-Tour on the front wheel
with flat discs, then all should be well.

Three weeks to MOT, then a shake-down run to Montmort-Lucy.

 

Aha. We appear to have hit upon a solution. Fit 'em together *off* the
bike, then attempt to refit in one piece.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/38219192@N00/4494527610/

Seems to work, and it's a damned sight easier than doing it lying on
the floor.

One ninety-nine *each* ffs. Good job I only needed three.

Bloody silly idea, those topbox lights.

 

I suspect you're shopping in the wrong places.